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CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,542 to it, the largest being THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ($51,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$525k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$85k
Net assets
$1.7M
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd Education Foundation does

Mission

The Corporation is organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The purposes of the Corporation include the receipt, management and expenditure of funds received from donations. Within the scope of the foregoing purposes and not by way of limitation thereof, the Corporation is organized for educational and charitable purposes for the benefit of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 79 student scholarships for qualified college tuition.

    $111,350 spentof which $111,350 as grants
    34% of program spending
  2. 9 innovative grants & 30 impact now grants designed to meet immediate student needs & align with the school districts innovation academy.

    $68,754 spentof which $66,000 as grants
    21% of program spending
  3. Campus grants represent a collection of strategic mission grants that benefit campuses and programs of the cfbisd and include specialty programs, literacy initiatives, and other donor-directed funds.

    $119,228 spentof which $119,228 as grants
    36% of program spending
  4. Cfbisd giving house donations to help supply students with basic needs like food, clothing, and basic hygiene supplies.

    $28,750 spentof which $28,750 as grants
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $328,082.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($400k) Expenses 100 ($399k) Net assets 100 ($1.2M)2018 Revenue 101 ($402k) Expenses 98 ($391k) Net assets 101 ($1.2M)2019 Revenue 96 ($385k) Expenses 102 ($406k) Net assets 99 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 69 ($275k) Expenses 59 ($234k) Net assets 105 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 90 ($361k) Expenses 39 ($155k) Net assets 122 ($1.5M)2022 Revenue 53 ($213k) Expenses 72 ($287k) Net assets 116 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 73 ($293k) Expenses 69 ($275k) Net assets 118 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 131 ($525k) Expenses 66 ($264k) Net assets 139 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (131)Expenses (66)Net assets (139)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $1.7M (+18%).

$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

70% of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$406
’17
$12k
’18
−$22k
’19
$41k
’20
$206k
’21
−$74k
’22
$18k
’23
$261k
’24
22
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Donna Wald

Executive director

Board chair

Mary Lovell

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1615131418151724
Joined·+4+0+2+10+4+4+15
No longer listed·5216728
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $2k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
1

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

60%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

67% of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $28k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Texas funders.

NY
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin50% · top quartile
Months of reserve22.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 14%Fundraising 1%

Governance

23
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,542 to it, the largest being THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ($51,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $84,542 in grants to CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
THE DALLAS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $51,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing